yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] marcovanb:
HI,

My hermes has a broken flash storage port. When I push the storage card in it wont lock in. I have tried the same card on another hermes and it works as expected. Has enyone seen this issue before and can make a recomendation?

Thanks in advance,

Nick
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] rmcknight:
I don't think it would be to easy to replace the port, I know on the Wizard forum people have used various objects to "wedge" the card in place so it will stay (a small piece of folded paper for instance) with moderate success.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] FCW:
i second that. i also modify games consoles and my housemate fixes phone. when my second hermes broke we pulled it apart and neither of us have the skills to do much with it. youd need some very specialist and expensive equipment to something like what youd need to do
[HTC Excalibur] m3gtrx:
I cracked my screen today and need to replace the lcd. I looked on eBay and it seems like the screens are fairly cheap, are they all the same or should I buy from a particular seller? Does anyone have any experience with any of the eBay vendors?

Thanks
[HTC Excalibur] orb3000:
Welcome to the forum

This one looks pretty decent.

http://www.gethightech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=XX2077&Category_Code=DASH

Good luck,
[HTC Excalibur] zorka:
I bought about 5 or 6 allready from ebay, last 3 I got from a guy called jecomgroup. They charge around 16€ (all included), I guess that's around 21$. Delivery is allways from HongKong. Takes around 5 or 6 days to get to Europe (belgium). Never had a problem with them yet.
[HTC Excalibur] Barkleyfan:
Can't speak for the ebay vendors, I used this one;

http://www.repairsuniverse.com/htcs620.html

Got the T-5/6 bits from Lowes.
[HTC Excalibur] eessel:
touchscreen replacement possible?

this might be dumb to ask..but i was wondering since it was on the subject of screen replacement, if you were to put a touchscreen glass instead of the regular dash one, it won't make it touchscreen right? 'Cuz the OS doesn't recognize it to be one?
[HTC Excalibur] chuckknight:
The OS *might* recognize the touchscreen...but how would you interface it? There is no hardware connector!

It is possible to hack touchscreens on mini-notebooks like the Asus EEE, because there are internal USB ports that allow them to be connected to the machine.

To my knowledge, there is no such port in the Dash.

Chuck
[HTC Excalibur] eessel:
thanks for the reply. I've just always wondered..cuz i mean, the touch strip on the end gives it a good little touchscreenesque vibe, being able to scroll and click and what not with it, but it would be pretty awesome if it were touch. Either way, I'm happy with my dash! :)
[G1 General] compupolis:
I was talking to some co-workers about my G1 and the features that the 1.5 firmware adds to the phone. One co-worker says he'll never get an Android phone because he heard it had security issues. Specifically, he heard that the phone's location services is always broadcasting the phone's location while the phone is on, and that it is possible to use that broadcast to remotely connect to the phone (and therefore take data off the phone).

I tried searching, but couldn't find anything in Google or elsewhere that confirms or refutes this supposed security issue. Anybody know if this security issue is real or is my co-worker misinformed?
[G1 General] jashsu:
I guess he might be referring to Google Latitude. Latitude is a service similar to Loopt that lets you share your location with a list of Google contacts of your choosing. It's completely optional and off by default. There is another remote access service where Android Market may remotely delete an installed app that was downloaded from the Android Market if it was found to have violated one of the Market's TOS. This does not affect apps not installed by Market. A similar guideline is in place with the iPhone and Blackberry stores.

All phones that access a cellular network can be tracked some way or another, regardless of what operating system is installed. It's not hard to understand why: in order to use the cell network, you have to connect to a cell. Now that cell knows approximately in a few km radius where you are. Using timing triangulation, cell networks can locate a person to a few hundred meters. This kind of information is accessible by emergency services.

In reality, your coworker(s) are no more qualified to speak on Android as they are about any other mobile phone operating system on its privacy as they (I assume) have never seen the source code of any of them.
[G1 General] lbcoder:
Android is one of the (if not absolutely the) most secure mobile OS available.

Providing the location of the device is PURELY OPTIONAL, and does not IN ANY WAY create a security risk. Just because you know the location of something does not mean that you can get into it. Take an armored car as an example. It can be driving down the street right in front of you, and that does NOT help you break in to it.

In fact, the location is absolutely USELESS for breaking into something. If there was a security vulnerability, it would be the NETWORK ADDRESS (location independent) that would give someone a viable attack.

Now as it sits, Android is Linux -- well known for very strong security (unlike that redmond virus that is known for seeking out and installing every kind of self destruct mechanism it can find). But unlike a standard linux distribution, when multiple programs are run by a single user, each of those programs are run as a DIFFERENT USER. Each program gets unique credentials within the system and is isolated from all the other programs. That means that if you have one program that is BOTH listening for network connections AND provides some bug/backdoor/etc. through which someone could break in, then that person breaking in would be restricted strictly to the userspace of that particular program. In other words, they could get or break the data for THAT PROGRAM and not any other program.

You can get the same degree of poorly written programs for ALL operating systems. What makes a system secure is what it does to keep one broken program from taking down the rest of the system, and for this, Android is very strong.

So now you can tell your coworker that he is full of $61t.
[G1 General] borodin1:
Can someone indulge us on how Iphone's security works? I'm pretty sure that it's inferior to G1's but I'd like to know the facts so I can stick it to couple fanboys that I know. :D
[G1 Apps and Games] 6Mike9:
Does anyone have the full app of those picture hiding apps

So no one can look through my pictures?
[G1 Apps and Games] Sistum Id:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=499977

I just do the . before a folder with my "special pictures" I use Astro File Manger to look at the pictures if I need to. I made a folder called Roms\Hacks\Dream\.HTC
[G1 Apps and Games] Binary100100:
What do you mean "full app"? I hope your not asking for pirated software.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] rs0cal:
Hey everyone, I am using Duttys v3 xtreme rom and i was wondering why when taking photos, there are 2 files created everytime. Anyone know how to turn this function off? thank you.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ASK768:
what do you mean that 2 files are created. do you mean that every time you take a picture that there are two files created from one picture or that it asks you to take two pictures?

if it asks you to take more than one picture at a time, you have panoramic mode enabled. to get out, select the arrow with a box to access more options, then click on the middle icon to change mode.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] xKirandax:
Guys, i need some help. Recently i came across the rom update for my xda iis, so i decide to take it out of my drawer and see if i can update it with HELMI_BA_WM6_R0_Public. I followed all the steps and try to upgrade it, after i click on HELMI_BA_WM6_R0_.exe, my xda iis restart on cradle and after that nothing happen. I notice it only appear on the top with the word "serial" and the bottom "v2.06". I have tried in vain to get it working again, please try to help as im very new to this. Im using window Vista.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Chef_Tony:
since apparently, you are not that experienced in flashing your device, i would recommend you use windows xp to flash your device.

then you have a look at this wiki wizard:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blueangel_WM6_WizzardUpgrade1_WM2003SE0

this is a step by step instruction on how to upgrade from wm2003 to wm6.

please follow it precisely, even if you don't see a point in certain steps, they are all important!!!

if you, however, don't understand a step or a phrase, feel free to re-post, and i will explain it to you in more detail.

have fun with the upgrading, one word of advise: take your time, the first upgrade with storage resize radio upgrade, sim unlock and other stuff can last an hour or two (not the upgrade itself, but the process you go through). when you remember the steps and feel like you want a different rom, after testing this one, all you have to do is donload a "nk.nbf" file and flash it, and the entire update takes you 5 minutes then
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] xKirandax:
Hi Chef_tony, thanks for the reply. I went to the link u gave me and from the 1st step on im stuck. It ask me to download both the unlocker and Repart and place it on the phone, but i cant do anything with the phone except for the "Serial" on top and "V2.06" below, it does change to "usb" when i cradle it. please help. thanks again
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Chef_Tony:
ok, then at that point you are stuck in boot loader, that happened to me too.

the reason for that might not be that interesting to you now, but it is because vista in the middle of the flashing process vista thinks it needs new drivers, downloads them and then it disconnects the device, something that shouldn't be done while flashing, as everyone knows.

these wiki links explain how to flash from vista using modified drivers, but i wanna tell you in advance, that i personally never got it running, i always use a windows xp machine:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blueangel_WM6_WizzardUpgrade4_Vista

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blueangel_WM6_WizzardUpgrade4_Vista_Pic

so, still i want to state that the best way to flash is a xp computer, if you have access to one, use that to flash your original shipped rom first, to resize the storage (first wizard step) afterwards.

theoretically, a virtual machine, running xp would also work, if you still have an xp cd lying around, you can download virtual pc 2007 from microsoft, it is free and you just need a short time to set up a virtual xp machine, because i can guarantee you, you will flash more than one rom, once you started on the topic.

remember, you need to flash your shiped rom, then you want to flash the helmi rom, then maybe a rom update and probably you are not staying with that rom forever, since it is wm6, there is also wm6.1 and wm6.5 to follow that.

what i want to say is:

- try the flashing with vista option described in the wiki links above

- if that doesn't work, try to get to an xp computer and follow the steps

- flash your original shipped rom first

- then the wiki wizard steps in again
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] xKirandax:
Problem is solve, thank you so much chef_tony. my next question is...where can i get wm6.1 rom as all the link i had is dead :(
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Chef_Tony:
according to another user, this thread's links are still working:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=403421

but it does not contain office. (you can still try other office download links, if you need it)

just by the tiny size of the extrom i would say there is hardly anything contained, but anyway, that is a rom i used too, and it is quite nice, also look up IOLITE stuff in this forum for extra apps.

make sure to repost if everything went to plan
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] xKirandax:
I found a working wm6.1 pro on another website and its working great! It contain office as well. Thing now is i didnt adjust the memory and i didnt have enough space to install every software that i had :(

This is the link http://www.4shared.com/file/66810499/8a61be24/HTC-BA5220758WWE_v302_25M_PP-16M_RAMdisk_a.html?s=1

By the way chef_tony, you happen to have any idea how to open up BA, cause i would love to clean it up on the inside.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Chef_Tony:
1. the thing is, the storage resize is important for 2 reasons:

- sure, with the resize you woulld have 16mb more storage memory for installing programs and storing stuff

- you still have your original extrom on the device, which is not compatible with newer roms, meaning, instead of simply copying the extrom to an sd card to have a basic setup and installing programs you need to install cabs manually

which is why i said to follow the steps precisely, now you have 16mb of space you simply can't access from wm6 at all, and for a resize you'd have to go back to wm2003 first but give your rom a try first, maybe it is not the perfect one for you after all, then you still have the opportunity to re-flash.

2. i am glad you found a valid link, many people post their roms to hosters that take it down after a while, expecially when there are no more downloads of that item, and so, many links posted here half a year ago are not working anymore, which is sad, since there are still a lot of people, including you, that would like to go to wm5, wm6 or wm6.1 and not just the newest wm6.5 builds, but, whatever, you found your rom and hopefully kept the files stored on your pc for future reflashing...

3. there are two basic disassembling guides for the BA:

- the official service manual (also good for repairs, since they explain each step):

http://www.4pda-service.ru/netcat_f.../BLUE ANGEL/HTC_Blue_Angel_Service_manual.pdf

- the manual made by a forum user:

http://www.land-of-kain.de/ppc/mda3/disassembly/

i am glad it all worked out for you so far and you will realize that this old device has a lot of potential, when you keep it up to date (and clean :D).
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] xKirandax:
Thanks you so much for the help. I'll try to update if the link is dead someday, by the way..i have 43mb storage and 84mb programme, is that good or bad?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Chef_Tony:
the program memory is normal, but the storage should be 16 mb more, so instead of 43.XX you would have 60.30mb.

that is the extrom resize mentioned before.

- you need to flash your original rom for that

- then copy the "xda-developers unlocker" and the "repart_doc.exe" to your device. (attached below)

- you install the extrom unlocker

- then you go to start menu and extrom unlocker

- you execute "unhide"

- then unlock

- then start the repart_doc and set the size to 128kb

then you can lock the extrom and hide it again.

maybe in that process there is a soft reset required, i don't remember.

the reason why you do all that is because the extrom memory is hidden and locked and contains a bunch of cabs, that install automatically, when you hard reset the device.

so after that, you can reflash your wm6 rom, and you'll see, that after you resized and formatted that space, your memory dialogue will show 60.30mb of storage memory (plus it gives you the opportunity to install wm6 extroms from the sd card).
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] newstar:
Notes to Modrators: Can i post serials numbers of Spb Mobile Shell 3.0 so guys here registered their copy?
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] buzz83:
No...

Forum rules explicitly state no wares/serials/keygens.

If anyone here wants to register SPB Mobile Shell 3.0 they can purchase the serial from SPB Softwarehouse.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] newstar:
Ok sure

Thanks
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] gallnt0707:
ViVa have wm6.5 cht language? :confused:
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] funtsou:
i need it too, wm6.5cht(taiwan) for viva
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] arnenlupin:
Can anyone building a 6.5 rom cht,i can not to find it
[Shift General] Scott's Shift:
Hi All

Well something very bad just happened to my shift! In short it fell out a car door and got run over (Not the recommended way to compress files!!)(Sorry about the poor humour!)

Any way the LCD is smashed and it won’t load in to windows the hard drive wont work.

It does appear that win mob still works so I’m hoping to maybe get some data back some how

My question, does the vga port work in win mob yet?

any one got any thorts on how to recover the files on wm side?

( I know it its just about hopless but I thort i would try )
[Shift General] koala996:
ouch that hurts... the best thing to do is to open the shift and take the HDD .. then use an adaptater to use it as external drive.

the VGA is no working and I guess it will never work from winmob... sorry
[Shift General] BoSJo:
Since you want data from the WM side, but can't boot Vista as the hard drive does not work.... I would try to boot windows from an USB stick :

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windows-pocket,1113.html

or see google

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=windows+on+usb

get external screen working on Windows Side (Via VGA), boot WM and hope USB tools will auto run and connect, copy files.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] conteme:
microperror

microp version mismatch 0

please update latest microp firmware

Personnel from that message that started my problems with the Diamond, but I think it started earlier, because of the WiFi Radio does not want to call it, must have some connection. But in the end, he presented this message, and after the restart, the screen goes black, you hear it and everything starts up fine, but unfortunately the screen is Black, all Black.

Who can help?

"microperror

"microp version mismatch 0

"please update latest microp firmware

------------------------------------

microperror

microp version mismatch 0

please update latest microp firmware

Pessoal, a partir dessa mensagem que comecou meus problemas com o Diamond, mas acho que comecou antes, pelo fato do Radio WiFi dele nao querer ligar, deve ter alguma ligacao. Mas em fim, ele apresentou essa mensagem, e depois que o reiniciei, a tela fica preta , voce escuta que ele inicia e tudo mais, até funciona, mas a tela infelizmente fica Black, totalmente Black.

Alguem pode ajudar ?

" microperror

" microp version mismatch 0

" please update latest microp firmware
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] conteme:
To UP!!!

Let's Go people !!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] conteme:
Let's Goooo To UP !!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] pixelvandal:
The microp error is hardware related and has been answered a few times on this forum.

In short, it is NOT software related.

If u have warranty, then send it back to HTC or repairer, if u have no warranty, then you will either have to pay for the repair, or do what I did....

Dismantle the phone and pull the screen to main board connector, clean the contacts and re-seat. It solved my problem, but I'm not gauranteeing that it will solve yours.

My microp error occured after a very minor drop, so I knew it couldn't be software related.

Good luck & I hope you fix ur phone!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] sifarthepirate:
Microp Error

Hi guyz, my cousin just sent me his HTC Diamond with microp error, he had installed a WM 6.5 Coocked rom. I downloaded the original Rom from HTC and loaded it up, microp error is gone but backlight is still dim, changes on power settings dont reflect at all, wifi is not switching on. Any ideas/help will be appericiated. thankz
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] dickenz:
You and the OP are expecting this info spoon fed to you.

Both of you should conduct a search and yee shall find.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] sifarthepirate:
spoon fed

hi Mr.****, i posted after doing all searches, i have managed to move one setup and just looking for advise from someone who know what has to be done next. I have resolved the Microp error, it doesnt show any more but the display is still dim and power management options to change backlight doesnot work, zero effect.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] pankajmankotia:
Microp Version Mismatch

i have the same problem but sortted out today

i went to customer care he had corrected my problem in just 15 min.

what he told me that its a software reset means firmware software was reistalled to correct the problem.

actually its a mainboard problem due to which software of the firmware was resetted

so htc has not provide firmware for peoples rather they are charging us few money for just flashing back the phone.

(note: firmware software is differnt than ROM update its a software used by hardware to work in order.)

i need that firmware if anybody would manage to leak this software from HTC

actually this is the second time i had faced the problem but solution was the same.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Blackflip:
Same thing here!

I'm glad i finaly found someone with the same problem.

and you're sure i can't do this by myself?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] hayyaan:
i have the same problem..

it occured after a minorish drop from about 3ft.

dim lighting, capacitive area/LEDs gone mad.. they kept blinking or one side used to turn on, wifi and bluetooth not turning on

it was working fine until i restarted the phone

i got the microp error.. have been using the phone with dim lights since then

after another boot i realized that the backlight did turn on during the windows splash screen (iam using donsalari's WM6.5 ROM)

so now i hard-reset the device and it has fixed alot of problems..

the backlight is back

the LEDs/button area is back to normal and responds to touch

bluetooth is working now.. but wifi still not turning on

iam still getting the microp error though!

iam gonna test it out for a while.. then iam gonna try the original ROM

if that doesn't work.. ill just give it for repair.. i had a similar/more major problem when i dropped it 3-4 times consecutively.. they charged me around $50 and fixed it....

should i try opening it and fixing myself, cuz i do have the service manual with me

but the wifi problem seems more than a screen connector issue
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] hayyaan:
UPDATE..

after the hard reset, i reset the device.. and the backlight has again gone.. and LEDs mad
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Franceschiello:
Microp error it's not related to ROM.

I tried everything, but... sometimes this error come back
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Turtl3sh3ll:
i have the same problem 2 days after downloading this

http://nuerom.com/BlogEngine/page/nueKBLight.aspx

any solutions?!

btw its a touchpro
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] mr.First:
Here is a quote from Russian forum:

It is not a software problem
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] xxeyes:
I have heard something like this in some thread.....

I'm not sure, but i think it was related to the incorrect position of a flat cable on the mainboard of the phone...

....i think near the left corner down...

(do you have dropped the phone??)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] titaniumfish:
HTC Touch Pro

Hi to all, sorry you'll have to bare with me as i've never used this forum before. i have a htc touch pro and im now also recieving the microp error message, saying i have version 0 mismatch or something? thing is, if i open up the phone and turn it on it will start up fine and the screen will be fully lit, however when i turn it on closed it will vibrate to say its been turned on but the screen will remain blank? Does anyone think this could possibly be a connection issue rather than sortware/firmware?